Bracelet clasp



Feb. 26, 1929. 1,703,490

D. E. KATZ BRACELET CLASP Filed June 25, 1928 Eve-12:20.21 flauidfiff'aiz.

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Patented eh. 26, 1929.

UNITED STATES 1,703,499 PATENT oFF1cE-.-

DAVID E. Keener NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR '10 BAYER, ranrzrnnnnit, AND MILLS, I INCORPORATED, or new yonx, N. Y.

BRACELET CLASP.

Application filed June 23,

' invention relates to improvements in bracelet clasps and the object of the invention is to devise a simple and effective clasp for the ends of the bracelet which will securely hold them in place and which will constructed according to my invention, showing the parts so positioned that the bracelet is of the great-est possible length.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a similar view to Figure 1 show ng the parts arranged so that the length of the bracelet is shortened.

Fig. 4 is a side View thereof.

Fig. 5 is a side view showing the tongue member of the clasp inserted into one of the slots in a member secured to one end of the bracelet, and

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the tongue member showing an expansible slot therein.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

1 is a member having formed lntegrally therewith means 2 for securing it to one end,

3 of the bracelet. 4 is a tongue member hinged to the free end of the member 1 and provided with the expans ble slot 5 terminating in a circular end 6. v

7 is a headed stud extending upwardly from the member 1 intermediately of the length of the same and provided with the neck 8.

9 is a member having formed integrally therewith means 10 for securing it to the other end 11 of the bracelet, said member 9 1928. Serial No. 287,841.

are detached from one another the tongue is preferably swung into the position illustrated in Figure 5 and the member 9 applied thereto by inserting the tongue member 4 into the required slot 12, depending upon what adjustment is required. If the bracelet is to be of its extreme length the tongue member 4 is inserted into the end slot 12 as illustrated in Figures '1 and 2, whereas if it is to be shorter such tongue member can be inserted into any other of the slots 12 or into the end slot 14, thus giving four length adjustments for the bracelet. Each of the slots 12 are of suliicient width to receive the stud member 7 when the bracelet is in its shortened positions, that is when the tongue member 4 is inserted in the opening 14 or the adjacent transverse slots 12 the stud 7 is received in the middle or outer transverse slots 12 'respectively. Having inserted the tongue member 4 into the required slot it is turned down onto the member 1 with. the member 9 positioned between the members 4 and 1. hen this is done the head of the stud 7 will be forced into the'circular end of the expansible slot 5 and as such circular end 6 of the slot is of slightly smaller diameter than the head of the stud such slot will be expanded by forcing down the member 4 against the member 1 until. the head of the stud passes through the end 6 of the slot. Such slot will. then contract so that its end 6 will encircle the neck 8 of the stud, thus constituting an eifective' catch for holding the parts of the clasp together.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have devised a simple and effective bracelet clasp which will be exceedingly strong in construction and which will effectively secure the ends of the bracelet together. Moreover, I have devised a clasp which will. lend itself to being adjusted to vary the length of the bracelet with the'minimum of trouble.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A bracelet clasp comprising a pair of members, each having means at one end for attachment to the corresponding end of a bracelet, a tongue hinged to the other end of one of said members and adapted to be passed through one of a-plurality of transverse slots formed in the other member, a

stud mounted on the tongue carrying member adapted to interlock with the edges of an extmnsiblc opening formed in the tongue, the width an d arrangement of the slots being such that when the tongue is passed through certain of the slots the stud will be received through a slot other than that through which the tongue passes.

2. A bracelet clasp as recited in claim 1 in which the stud and the expansible opening are positioned intermediate the length of the tongue carrying member and the tongue respeetively.

In testimony whereof he Vhas afiixed his signature.

DAVID E. KATZ. 

